At my undergraduate reunion, an alumna I had not seen since graduation said that seeing me reminded her of a song I had sung. I didn’t remember singing it, but her...

Holding a beloved position in one’s family can come at a hefty price, and the upside does not automatically outweigh the downside. Today’s passage introduces the account of Jacob and his...

At the height of his ministry, Jesus travels throughout Galilee sharing the gospel of love, peace, and justice with all sorts of people. It won't be long before the crowds will...

Have you lived your life according to the ethos of “never enough”? Many of us have. In some ways, it is true. We go to bed feeling there is always more...

For the apostle Paul, following Jesus meant cutting himself off from all he had known prior to his conversion on the road to Damascus. As he writes in his letter to...

Paul speaks from a place of “great sorrow and unceasing anguish” as he realizes that his commitment to the truth of the gospel has separated him from his own people and...

The Psalms provide a manual of sorts for how to pray. Spoiler alert: There is no one right way to pray, so long as your direct address to God is authentic,...

I have never competed in a wrestling match, donned a singlet, or even successfully learned one wrestling hold, despite the fact that my dad competed as a high school wrestler and told...

One of my best friends from seminary is a wrestling coach. Before studying to be a pastor, he worked as a nuclear engineer for the Navy and was a championship wrestler...

Yesterday’s reflection emphasized that God does not cause bad things to happen. Instead, God finds ways to bring good out of difficult circumstances and is always with us in our suffering....